excellent british horror film

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2002)

Its been a while since we had a decent horror film, horror has been bogged down with the SCREAM self referential "knowing of itself" that has diluted the genre for the past few years. So it is refreshing to see a horror film like 28 DAYS LATER which takes its subject seriously, and intelligently. While some reviews in this user section have led to believe that the film is another dumb horror film, that is completely wrong. What the film is, is an intelligent horror film that reminds you of the George Romero living dead trilogy that fuses horror with social comment. The social comment in this film is that the virus that wipes out most of the united kingdom, called rage, is inherent in all of us, much emphasised in the films final scenes, which i dont want to give away. The emphasis on throwing its central character into a situation that he has no idea of what is happening, refers to Romeros living dead films where the characters are thrown into a situation that they cant understand yet they have one basic desire , the desire to survive. The opening scenes, played to the soundtrack of canadian band godspeed you! black emperor, of a deserted empty London are amazing and hanunting. Do see this film as it is one of the best of the year, and along with Dog soldiers, is one of the best british horror films of the year, and of all time.